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Islamic State aims to build regional hub in Libya

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LIBYA

Planned before the November 13 Paris attacks, the strike targeted Wissam al-Zubaydi (Abu Nabil al-Anbari), an Iraqi commander sent by ISG's Iraq- and Syria-based group to lead…

Middle East jihadist splits will widen despite defeats

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MIDDLE EAST

However, even in this extremity, it maintains a hostile attitude to old enemy Islamic State (IS). In Yemen, the other regional country where the two come into close contact, the…

Jihadist groups in North Africa will be resilient

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NORTH AFRICA

The country saw a number of terrorist attacks earlier this year, and the whole of North Africa struggles with residual or more active jihadist threats.